Rick Sutcliffe is not the smartest baseball analyst around. This is adequately shown by his recent public drunkenness, but also shown by an article he recently wrote on ESPN.com. The guy does not write based upon facts, but writes based upon beliefs. Though he was a great baseball player, he has some work to do on analyzing baseball (why does the world believe that since you played a sport you must be a good analyst – Charles Barkley and Joe Morgan, case in point). Sutcliffe wrote:
“What people forget is that the Yankees championships' were built through their farm system and the draft. When they were winning World Series titles, starting in 1996, the Yankees were not led by players like Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina, Gary Sheffield or Alex Rodriguez, all players who came aboard via free agency. They were led by Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams and Mariano Rivera. All came up in the Yankees' system.”
That is indeed a good point that Jeter, Posada, Williams, and Rivera all came from the Yankees farm system, but was there anyone else in all those years that truly made a difference? No. Those championships were won based upon the free agents and trades who came into the Yankee system. Not only just ‘free agents and trades’ but ‘the best free agents and players available on the market.’ Here is a short list of players that came into the Yankees program to help them ‘buy’ a World Series from 1997 to 2000:
Wade Boggs
David Cone
Tino Martinez
Paul O’Neil
Tim Raines
Cecil Fielder
Jimmy key
Darryl Strawberry
David Wells
Orlando Hernandez
Chuck Knobloch
Chili Davis
Scott Brosius
Mike Stanton
Roger Clemens
Jose Canseco
Glenallen Hill
David Justice
Denny Neagle
There are probably many more that I have neglected to mention….but I think you get the picture - - The Yankees World Championships did not come from their farm system and draft.
“What people forget is that the Yankees championships' were built through their farm system and the draft. When they were winning World Series titles, starting in 1996, the Yankees were not led by players like Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina, Gary Sheffield or Alex Rodriguez, all players who came aboard via free agency. They were led by Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams and Mariano Rivera. All came up in the Yankees' system.”
That is indeed a good point that Jeter, Posada, Williams, and Rivera all came from the Yankees farm system, but was there anyone else in all those years that truly made a difference? No. Those championships were won based upon the free agents and trades who came into the Yankee system. Not only just ‘free agents and trades’ but ‘the best free agents and players available on the market.’ Here is a short list of players that came into the Yankees program to help them ‘buy’ a World Series from 1997 to 2000:
Wade Boggs
David Cone
Tino Martinez
Paul O’Neil
Tim Raines
Cecil Fielder
Jimmy key
Darryl Strawberry
David Wells
Orlando Hernandez
Chuck Knobloch
Chili Davis
Scott Brosius
Mike Stanton
Roger Clemens
Jose Canseco
Glenallen Hill
David Justice
Denny Neagle
There are probably many more that I have neglected to mention….but I think you get the picture - - The Yankees World Championships did not come from their farm system and draft.
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